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Sep. 19th, 2013 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynA child in the US state of Tennessee may retain his given name Messiah, a judge has ruled, overturning a lower court's order from August.
In Cocke County on Wednesday, Chancellor Telford Forgety ruled a child support magistrate had acted unconstitutionally.... Messiah's parents had appeared before Ms Ballew in a dispute over the boy's surname - his mother Jaleesa Martin wanted him to take hers, while father Jawaan McCullough wanted him to take his. Ms Ballew surprised them by ordering his name be changed to Martin, ruling, "Labelling this child Messiah places an undue burden on him that as a human being, he cannot fulfil.''
Mr Forgety ruled there were no legal grounds for changing the baby's given name when the parents were in agreement on it.
He also ruled Ms Ballew's decision violated the US Constitution's guarantee of the separation of church and state.
He ordered that the boy's name be changed to Messiah Deshawn McCullough.
Thank you, sir. As for you, Ms. Ballew, Cyrus the Great would like to have a few words with you, as he was hailed as messiah and, as a human being, fulfilled the burden fairly well from what I understand.
Seriously, lady, if you're going to be cramming the Bible down people's throats, read the whole thing, including the annotations. And then you still shouldn't do it.
In Cocke County on Wednesday, Chancellor Telford Forgety ruled a child support magistrate had acted unconstitutionally.... Messiah's parents had appeared before Ms Ballew in a dispute over the boy's surname - his mother Jaleesa Martin wanted him to take hers, while father Jawaan McCullough wanted him to take his. Ms Ballew surprised them by ordering his name be changed to Martin, ruling, "Labelling this child Messiah places an undue burden on him that as a human being, he cannot fulfil.''
Mr Forgety ruled there were no legal grounds for changing the baby's given name when the parents were in agreement on it.
He also ruled Ms Ballew's decision violated the US Constitution's guarantee of the separation of church and state.
He ordered that the boy's name be changed to Messiah Deshawn McCullough.
Thank you, sir. As for you, Ms. Ballew, Cyrus the Great would like to have a few words with you, as he was hailed as messiah and, as a human being, fulfilled the burden fairly well from what I understand.
Seriously, lady, if you're going to be cramming the Bible down people's throats, read the whole thing, including the annotations. And then you still shouldn't do it.
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Date: 2013-09-22 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-22 12:35 am (UTC)*eyes the state of Texas* *quietly slinks off to do something else*